AMD Ryzen 7000 for Gamers!

Forumite Members › General Topics › Tech › PC Talk › AMD Ryzen 7000 for Gamers!

Viewing 12 posts - 1 through 12 (of 12 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • August 30, 2022 at 11:15 am #69884
    Ed PEd P
    Participant
      @edps
      Forumite Points: 39

      It looks as though Intel have totally lost their ‘Gamer’ tag. The new Ryzen 7950X has a boost clock speed of 5.7GHz and 80Mb of cache while not being a chip toaster like Intel. It is not too surprising that some are now positioning Intel as the next ‘Kodak’ (you do still vaguely remember the rudderless ship that was Kodak I guess!).

      More details on AMD at El Reg

      September 1, 2022 at 3:17 pm #69889
      Dave RiceDave Rice
      Participant
        @ricedg
        Forumite Points: 7

        Hoorah! LGA sockets, no more bent pins! Intel need to get their prices sorted out pronto.

        As usual, I am more interested in what’s going to happen at the cheaper end, but TBH 4C/8T NUC style machines are now my go-to for most things. I’ve been hearing good things about the Beelink range and the Asus PN’s are still like rocking horse poo if you don’t need an R7.

        September 2, 2022 at 1:16 am #69892
        wasbitwasbit
        Participant
          @wasbit
          Forumite Points: 245

          At the real cheap end of the market are refurb (or not) Optiplex 3050 Micros, core i3, i5 & i7  but word has got out & the prices are rising from the £80 a couple of months back. They also come in Small Form Factor & small tower versions.

          I’m in the process of swapping my ancient Windows 8.1 Gigabyte tower to a 3050 SFF. Cloned the old Windows SSD to an NVMe & cloned a 750GB drive to a used 1TB spinner for programmes & data. Windows self activated & all seems to be working well.

          --
          Regards
          wasbit

          Rig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
          Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
          Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440P

          Dear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway

          September 3, 2022 at 7:52 pm #69896
          Dave RiceDave Rice
          Participant
            @ricedg
            Forumite Points: 7

            Yep, the market is flooded with Optiplex at the moment. I’m sat on some HP 4th Gen Pentiums I refurbished as they are probably worth more to me as test machines than trying to flog them at the moment. All have 8GB, an SSD and a 1TB spinner and are fine, until you compare them to the i3-12100 with 3 x 4 NVMe I just built for a customer…

            Dells are built like tanks and will last and last. The problem comes if you want to add a hard drive and find you need a caddy, or the proprietary PSU breaks.

            September 4, 2022 at 9:12 am #69900
            Ed PEd P
            Participant
              @edps
              Forumite Points: 39

              I picked up a Beelink for my wife. They give excellent tech support (I was adding an extra SSD and had a minor problem). The little box runs fast and cool and SWMBO is very happy with it.

              September 4, 2022 at 12:46 pm #69901
              keith with the teefkeith with the teef
              Participant
                @thinktank
                Forumite Points: 0

                I would very much have liked SAS SSD support on the new socket with PCI-E 5 and all that, like from server mobo’s. Its about time our gear caught up with server mobo’s, well for SSD’s that is, dont think I want 20,000rpm spinner. 🙂

                 

                September 5, 2022 at 12:49 am #69905
                wasbitwasbit
                Participant
                  @wasbit
                  Forumite Points: 245

                  Caddy for the 3050 SFF, or rather 3.5″ to 2.5″ bay converter was £8.50 & it holds 2 x 2.5″ drives. The problem is there are not enough SATA ports so would have to disconnect the DVD drive if I wanted to use 2 drives.

                  --
                  Regards
                  wasbit

                  Rig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
                  Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
                  Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440P

                  Dear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway

                  September 6, 2022 at 5:02 pm #69911
                  Dave RiceDave Rice
                  Participant
                    @ricedg
                    Forumite Points: 7

                    Non RAID PCIe SATA cards are pretty cheap these days. £15 for a 2 port, £30 for 4.

                    September 6, 2022 at 10:43 pm #69915
                    keith with the teefkeith with the teef
                    Participant
                      @thinktank
                      Forumite Points: 0

                      Thanks for the bone and here is the man I need for the job.

                      https://tinyurl.com/4z9bf57e

                      Yep, when I get on the next platform 4x2TB nvme in raid will be where its at via the 2nd hand market. recently got me a 2TB 2nd hand Samsung which appears to come with a ram drive. lol. It works, all my old stuttering games have been put on it. The wost offender A/C Odyssey is as smooth as a baby s bum.

                      September 12, 2022 at 2:51 pm #69950
                      Dave RiceDave Rice
                      Participant
                        @ricedg
                        Forumite Points: 7

                        It now appears that all the non K 13th will in fact be based on Alder Lake giving another boost to AMD. They of course started this game of using old tech in new ranges.

                        September 13, 2022 at 7:58 am #69951
                        Ed PEd P
                        Participant
                          @edps
                          Forumite Points: 39

                          I found an interesting under the hood comparison between Intel and AMD chip architectures. Chiplets is the new CPU in-word.

                          link

                          September 13, 2022 at 3:11 pm #69952
                          keith with the teefkeith with the teef
                          Participant
                            @thinktank
                            Forumite Points: 0

                            I am pretty stocked about what AMD will be releasing next CPU/MOBO/GFX and DDR5 prices are almost at DDR4

                            It looks like the old days when compute power went up 50% ish annually  . I think this will most likely be a one off.

                            Word is 70% like for like.

                            Yeah, as if we will see.

                          • Author
                            Posts
                          Viewing 12 posts - 1 through 12 (of 12 total)
                          • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.